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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Liquor Licences (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: Section 24 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 provides that the Circuit Court shall have jurisdiction in all cases of applications for new on-licences. Where an existing on-licence has lapsed during the preceding five years, this provision also applies to the grant of a new licence. This is a necessary part of the checks and balances in place for appropriate licensing for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: Tackling domestic abuse and providing supports for victims is a priority for me as Minister and for Government. Since my appointment I have been continuously working with my colleagues and with our partners to ensure that we have robust legislation, policies and infrastructure that can support and assist victims and hold perpetrators to account. With regard to the specific information...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Recognition (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The details provided by the person concerned in the correspondence to the Deputy indicate that the question centres on gender recognition and the manner in which applications for gender recognition certificates are recorded, rather than changing one’s name by deed poll. Gender recognition certificates are a matter for the Department of Social Protection, which is also responsible for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: An application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy on 5 February 2019. This application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted for decision as expeditiously as possible. If any further documentation is required,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Broadband Plan (3 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: As Minister of Justice, I have not engaged with National Broadband Ireland on any aspect of broadband provision in the past six months. I have engaged, through my constituency office, with National Broadband Ireland. However, it would not be appropriate to provide details of this engagement, which has been in my capacity as a member of Dáil Éireann, not as Minister for Justice.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (4 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Citizenship Division of the Immigration Service of my Department has corresponded with the person concerned on a number of occasions (by post on 13 September 2018 and again on 4 March 2019 and by email in January 2021). It should be noted that the address on record for the person concerned does not match the address provided in the details supplied by the Deputy. The person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (4 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána, but I have not received this information in time. I will write to the Deputy as soon as the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parliamentary Questions (4 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is responsible, by law, for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána including recruitment and human resources matters, and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. The Deputy has requested statistical information for each of the years 2018 to 2021 in relation to - 1. New recruits, actual and projected...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (4 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is responsible, by law, for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including recruitment and human resources matters, and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. As the Deputy will appreciate, recruitment to An Garda Síochána is governed by the Garda Síochána (Admissions and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (4 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) has a hugely important role to play in ensuring that public confidence in An Garda Síochána is safeguarded and, as such, it is an independent oversight body with extensive powers under the Garda Síochána Act 2005. The Government is committed to ensuring that GSOC has the necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (4 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) was established as a statutorily independent body, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005. I have no role or function in the processing or management of complaints which are made to GSOC for investigation. GSOC’s main area of responsibility is to deal with complaints concerning Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (4 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, decisions in relation to the introduction or extension of Garda CCTV systems are, by law, matters for the Garda Commissioner. As Minister, I have no responsibility for these decisions. Community-based CCTV is governed by Section 38(3)(c) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 and the Garda Síochána (CCTV) Order 2006 (SI 289 of 2006). This legal...

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (5 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I thank all of the Senators for their contributions, particularly Senator McDowell. I have reflected on the points from last week and I appreciate the spirit of co-operation there has been. Senator McDowell's amendment has not been put forward to change policy or the context but to change the form. I know there are merits to this approach and it is not that we just go with what the norm is...

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (5 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I reassure the Senator there is flexibility. While I have said that subsection (a) does not apply where the child is deceased or where there is only one living child involved, a court may still apply a flexible approach where there is only one child living and it needs to give consideration to the impact on that child if their sibling is deceased. That flexibility remains within the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (10 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: An application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy on 16 July 2019. This application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted for decision as expeditiously as possible. If any further documentation is required, it...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (10 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 687, 688 and 689 together. The Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act, 1962, which is the primary legislation covering the operation of the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme, provides that free legal aid may be granted, in certain circumstances, for the defence of persons of insufficient means in criminal proceedings. Under the Scheme, the courts, through the judiciary,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (10 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Legal Aid Board is the statutory body responsible for the provision of civil legal aid and advice to persons of modest means in the State, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 and the Civil Legal Aid Regulations 1996 to 2017. Section 3(3) of the Act provides that the Board shall, subject to the provisions of the Act, be independent in the exercise of its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (10 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 691 and 692 together. As the Deputy will be aware, tackling crime in our communities is a priority for this government and for An Garda Síochána. As part of Budget 2021, the government has provided a record €1.952 billion to an Garda Síochána in their efforts to tackle crime and to build community resilience against crime. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (10 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The strong advice is that everyone, regardless of their nationality or visa/preclearance status, or where they started their travel from, who cannot provide proof of an essential purpose to travel to or within Ireland, should not travel to Ireland. In support of the ongoing travel restrictions, effective from close of business on 29 January 2021, my Department has taken the decision to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (10 Mar 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Deputy will be aware that section 17(3) of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 provides for an offence for a licensee, with intent to evade the conditions of the licence, to take intoxicating liquor from the licensed premises for the purpose of its being sold on the account or for the benefit or profit of the licensee, or to permit any other person to do so. The penalty on conviction is a...